USDA seeks extension for routine tobacco industry reporting forms
Published Date: 8/3/2026
Notice
Summary
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget for an extension and revision of the currently approved information collection, "Tobacco Report" (OMB No. 0581-0004).
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Mandatory quarterly tobacco inventory reports
If you are a tobacco dealer or manufacturer (not the original grower), you must report inventory quarterly as of January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 each year. Each quarterly report is due within 15 days of those dates and covers quantities of leaf tobacco and related product forms in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Estimated reporting burden and respondent totals
USDA estimates the public reporting burden at 0.88 hours per response, with 44 respondents making an estimated 176 total annual responses (4 responses per respondent), for an estimated total annual burden of 156 hours. These estimates apply primarily to tobacco dealers and manufacturers, including small businesses or organizations.
Manufacture and sales report is voluntary
The Quarterly Report of Manufacture and Sales of snuff, smoking, and chewing tobacco is voluntary rather than mandatory. The notice states that, although voluntary, all major tobacco manufacturers agreed to furnish information to AMS for this report.
Original growers excluded from reporting
The Tobacco Statistics Act collection covers tobacco owned by dealers, manufacturers, and others, with an explicit exception for the original growers of the tobacco. Original growers are therefore not the targets of the mandatory stocks reporting described in this notice.
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